16 Azar · Atar 1408

Events on this day

• Hanukkah · Day 5

  Jewish · Cultural

  The Festival of Lights, eight days from 25 Kislev. Begins at sunset the evening before.

• Student Day · Ruz-e Daneshju

  Iranian · Historical

  Remembers three University of Tehran students killed during a protest (16 Azar 1332; 7 December 1953).

Other events

• Fast of the Annunciation (Assyrian Advent fast) · Day 6
• Nativity Fast · Day 9
• Nativity Fast (new calendar) · Day 22
• St Nicholas Day · Ruz-e Sant Nikolas

Facts

• Day 262 of 1408
• 104 days left
• Zodiac sign: Sagittarius · Qows